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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 07:37 AM
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Thank you very much people. From now on, I will be carrying a kickstand support on my bike. The weather is getting colder but I know I will forget about it if i say "I'll do it later".
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 07:55 AM
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It's true and it even happens hear in Ohio. I don't carry anything with me since it's getting alot cooler hear now, but come summer time I sure will.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:19 AM
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It's true and it even happens hear in Ohio. I don't carry anything with me since it's getting alot cooler hear now, but come summer time I sure will.
It sure does. Cincinnati was hot this summer. I had mine almost fall when eating lunch on a day when I forgot my puck. Allstate gave me a free puck with I opened a policy with them. I was on a newly paved parking lot, and that crap is terrible in the heat. My stand started sinking again when I just ran in long enough to get something to clean it off with.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:44 AM
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yup, this isnt a myth, 100% true.....
down in texas if you park your CAR on blacktop the tires will sink in about an inch an hour on a mild summer day.

they have all but gotten rid of blacktop in the south for that reason.....also cheaper sacrete from mexico might be helping out there too....

if you have nothing else available a beer coaster will do the trick short term....
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 08:49 AM
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Heck yeah, I've turned my work parking lot into swiss cheese! I put my puck under the kick stand when I remember to bring it.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 09:07 AM
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I once used my front reflectors when I parked in a field for some photos... worked great... but yeah anything to give the stand a wider base is what you need. you can get a 4" blank Electrical box cover... works great
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 11:06 AM
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I usually justdrink a can of Hamms, crush the can on my forehead, and use that as a stand...
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 11:33 AM
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In Centralia, PA, you can go to the closed down part of the highway and litterly have the soles of your sneakers start melting. Granted you are standing over a coal mine fire that has been burning for well over a decade. I'm pretty sure the people in the local cemetary are extra crispy by now.
 
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Old Oct 2, 2007 | 12:42 PM
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In Centralia, PA, you can go to the closed down part of the highway and litterly have the soles of your sneakers start melting. Granted you are standing over a coal mine fire that has been burning for well over a decade. I'm pretty sure the people in the local cemetary are extra crispy by now.
get a big ol auger... drill a hole.... put a grill over it....its BB-Q time..........
 
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Old Oct 3, 2007 | 09:29 PM
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I haven't heard this before but I'm going to tell everyone I know that rides.
 
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